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At The Money: Behavior Beats Intelligence

The Big Picture

Morgan Housel Finance types tend to focus on attributes like intelligence, math skills and computer programming. You can have a medical degree from Harvard and know everything about biology and have all that insight in that intelligence. How you behave with money matters more than what you know about money. None of it matters.

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Retirement Algebra, Solving For U

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

An even tougher one, if you have medical issues, how expensive are they likely to be? I understand the difficulty of that one but if you're 50, overweight and taking a half dozen medications, you should plan on health stuff being very expensive.

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4 Tips for Proper Tax Filing

Integrity Financial Planning

Next, let’s face it, not all of us are exceptional when it comes to math. Taxpayers should always confirm that their math is correct, as this is one of the most common mistakes made when filing. [1] It’s also not a bad idea to review the bank account numbers you included (some of those digits can be lengthy!).

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Why Bookkeeping is Important and Essential

MazumaBusinessAccounting

It may not sound like the most exciting thing, especially if you don’t consider yourself a “math person”, but let’s face the facts, bookkeeping is essential for the success of any small business. Did you know that poor bookkeeping, or lack thereof, is one of the top reasons small businesses fail?

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Sinking Funds: Why You Need Them. How To Set Up Yours!

Clever Girl Finance

It also gives you the math formula to find the information you need if you prefer. You don't need much information beyond the interest rate and the amount of time to get an answer, and it has the math formula available, also. Here are some of the best sinking fund calculators: Good calculators. Omni calculator. Absolutely!

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Wow, have you seen the stock market lately?

Mr. Money Mustache

Its just basic math. AI can also drive cars, identify melanoma from photographs of your skin, design medications thousands of times better than what were used to, and even bring humanoid robot bodies to life as mechanical workers. What if the Earnings are Rising?

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10 Most Useful Personal Finance Ratios And How To Apply Them

Clever Girl Finance

The term personal finance ratios might be giving you flashbacks to math class. On the flip side, you might want to travel more or have extra for medical care. Okay, you’ve just gone through a lot of math—take a breath! Well, this time you don’t have to wait—a lot of the ratios below will be useful to you right now!

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